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UnderConsideration is a graphic design enterprise that runs a network of blogs, publishes books, organizes live events, and designs for clients.
online
Brand New / Displaying opinions, and focusing solely, on corporate and brand identity work.
FPO (For Print Only) / Celebrating the reality that print is not dead by showcasing the most compelling printed projects.
Brand New Classroom / Providing a space for critique and opinions on student identity work.
The Design Encyclopedia / Cataloguing the people, projects and milestones of graphic design.
Speak Up (2002 – 2009) / Discussing, and looking for, what is relevant in, and the relevance of, graphic design. Archives Only.
Word It (2003 – 2010) / Encouraging creative diversity in the community through monthly, one-word challenges. Archives Only.
publishing
Flaunt: Designing effective, compelling and memorable portfolios of creative work / 2010, self-published.
Graphic Design, Referenced: A Visual Guide to the Language, Applications, and History of Graphic Design / 2009, Rockport.
Women of Design: Influence and Inspiration from the Original Trailblazers to the New Groundbreakers / 2008, HOW Books.
The Word It Book: Speak Up Presents a Gallery of Interpreted Words / 2007, HOW Books.
live events
2010 Brand New Conference / A one-day event on the development of corporate and brand identity projects by some of today’s most active and influential practitioners from around the world.
graphic design
Department of Design / Designing corporate and brand identities and full development of printed and digital matter for clients.
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Yahoo! Sports writer David Brown latches onto @petzrawr’s tweeted notion that the new Miami Marlins uniforms look a lot like the Miami Dealers uniforms from the movie BASEketball.
Makes one wonder just what the average person gets out of the choices we make as designers. You know, subtle stuff like colors and font choice.
For the record, the BASEketball uniforms are way better.
12.01.2011
Fellow Quipsologist James I Bowie writes a great piece on the origins of UT’s Longhorn logo, one of the most well-known college-level logos.
09.06.2011
Designer Nicole Meyer has set out to design logos for all 10,000 Minneapolis Lakes. Ambitious!
09.02.2011
Stefan Asafti’s Brandversations: how rival brands sort of complete each other. Plus, they look cool close-up.
08.25.2011
Adweek gets a first peek at the new Diet Coke cans coming this fall. Designed by Turner Duckworth. Hot stuff.
08.23.2011
Art Director/Designer Tymn Armstrong has just launched Faux•Go, a tumblr site showcasing logos to “represent a fictional company that exists only on film.”
08.02.2011
A tease of a sampling of the NASA identity guidelines document, 1976. More, more, more, please!
07.19.2011
The Case and Point has a great interview with Ian Brignell, a great lettering designer in Toronto, who works with designers and art directors to really nail those typographic details. (Link corrected).
06.22.2011
UnderConsideration reader Tristan Boniver caught on camera some historic brand changing of the guard when the signage on the Citroen building in Brussels changed its logo — rest of the photos in this Quip. He even took home a little souvenir.
06.20.2011
